Grimnir
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Norse Grímnir (“masked one”). Compare Old Norse Grímr, from which comes the synonym Grim. See also Icelandic gríma (“mask”).
Proper noun edit
Grimnir
- (Norse mythology) Odin; specifically, the name adopted by Odin in Grímnismál ("The Lay of Grimnir", also called "Grimnir's Sayings", in the Poetic Edda).
- Synonym: Grim
- 2014, Jeramy Dodds, transl., The Poetic Edda, Coach House Books, page 67:
- To torture him into talking, the king strung Grimnir between two fires for eight nights.
King Geirrod had a ten-year-old son named after his brother, Agnar. Agnar gave Grimnir a whole horn to drink, saying it was wrong for his father to torture an innocent man.
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Translations edit
name used by Odin
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Further reading edit
- Grímnismál on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- List of names of Odin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia